On Thu 18 Jul 2019 at 18:08:14 (+1200), Richard Hector wrote: > On 18/07/19 2:44 AM, Richard Hobson wrote: > > Thanks for the suggestion Roger. > > > > I'm not sure how to search the dsmesg output so I unplugged the device > > and replugged it so that the relevant message appeared at the bottom of > > the output. (I know, RTFM!). > > > > The dongle is being correctly identified as far as I can see, says the > > manufacturer is Realtek, the chipset maker, and picks up the MAC address > > amongst other things. > > > > I'm having to transpose the following info manually, obviously can't > > copy and paste to mail! The important messages seem to be. (EOE) > > > > usb 1-2: r8712u: Loading firmware from "rtlwifi/rtl8712u.bin > > > > usb 1-2: firmware failed to load rtlwifi/rtl8712u.bin (-2) > > > > usb 1-2: Direct firmware load for rtlwifi/rtl8712u.bin failed with error -2 > > > > usb 1-2: r8712u: Firmware request failed. > > > > Does this suggest the appropriate firmware isn't available locally? > > Maybe, but maybe not. Are there other attempts later, with different files? > > IIRC it's relatively normal to try different files till you get the > right one. > > I suspect that file is present, or it wouldn't be able to try to load > it. And it seems to be provided in the firmware-realtek package, > suggesting you already have that package. But it could be corrupted, I > suppose. Or your hardware might require newer firmware, though that > seems unlikely if OpenSUSE worked and buster doesn't.
I think the OP's problem has been fixed now. But just for the record, those error messages match what I see when the firmware package and the firmware itself are not present (at all), as you can see from the attached sequence of sys/history logs. Cheers, David.
Jul 12 13:00:09 acer kernel: [ 16.103351] [drm] radeon: irq initialized. Jul 12 13:00:09 acer kernel: [ 16.103354] [drm] Loading R300 Microcode Jul 12 13:00:09 acer kernel: [ 16.103399] radeon 0000:01:00.0: firmware: failed to load radeon/R300_cp.bin (-2) Jul 12 13:00:09 acer kernel: [ 16.103452] radeon 0000:01:00.0: Direct firmware load for radeon/R300_cp.bin failed with error -2 Jul 12 13:00:09 acer kernel: [ 16.103666] [drm:r100_cp_init [radeon]] *ERROR* Failed to load firmware! Jul 12 13:00:09 acer kernel: [ 16.103828] radeon 0000:01:00.0: failed initializing CP (-2). Jul 12 13:00:09 acer kernel: [ 16.103868] radeon 0000:01:00.0: Disabling GPU acceleration Jul 12 13:00:09 acer kernel: [ 16.106305] [drm] radeon: cp finalized Start-Date: 2019-07-12 13:19:35 Commandline: apt-get -y install firmware-linux firmware-linux-free Install: intel-microcode:i386 (3.20190618.1, automatic), iucode-tool:i386 (2.3.1-1, automatic), firmware-amd-g raphics:i386 (20190114-1, automatic), amd64-microcode:i386 (3.20181128.1, automatic), firmware-linux-nonfree:i 386 (20190114-1, automatic), firmware-linux:i386 (20190114-1) End-Date: 2019-07-12 13:20:19 Start-Date: 2019-07-12 13:20:28 Commandline: apt-get -y install firmware-amd-graphics firmware-ipw2x00 firmware-iwlwifi Install: firmware-iwlwifi:i386 (20190114-1) End-Date: 2019-07-12 13:20:32 Jul 13 13:31:41 acer kernel: [ 20.017880] [drm] radeon: irq initialized. Jul 13 13:31:41 acer kernel: [ 20.017903] [drm] Loading R300 Microcode Jul 13 13:31:41 acer kernel: [ 20.156071] snd_intel8x0 0000:00:1f.5: intel8x0_measure_ac97_clock: measured 59176 usecs (2851 samples) Jul 13 13:31:41 acer kernel: [ 20.156079] snd_intel8x0 0000:00:1f.5: clocking to 48000 Jul 13 13:31:41 acer kernel: [ 20.795584] radeon 0000:01:00.0: firmware: direct-loading firmware radeon/R300_cp.bin Jul 13 13:31:41 acer kernel: [ 20.795838] [drm] radeon: ring at 0x00000000E0001000 Jul 13 13:31:41 acer kernel: [ 20.795863] [drm] ring test succeeded in 1 usecs Jul 13 13:31:41 acer kernel: [ 20.798067] [drm] ib test succeeded in 0 usecs Jul 13 13:31:41 acer kernel: [ 20.799972] [drm] Panel ID String: AUO Color LCD
